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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-100465037550
ISBN-139780465037551
eBay Product ID (ePID)57041186
Product Key Features
Book TitleI am My Mother's Daughter : Making Peace with Mom -- before It's Too Late
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TopicPersonal Growth / General
GenreSelf-Help
AuthorIris Krasnow
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisIris Krasnow -- mother, daughter, and best-selling Journalist -- tackles the toughest relationship in the lives of many grown women: the mother-daughter bond. With women's life expectancy inching up past eighty, you may be embroiled with your mother well past the time your own hair turns white. The good news: Living longer means more time to make peace -- and this book shows you how. Drawing on her own experience with her colorful eighty-four-year-old mother and the collective wisdom of more than one hundred other adult daughters, Krasnow offers a fresh perspective on how to overcome the anger, guilt, and resentment that can destroy a family. The time to repair the bond is now, she reminds us: You can't kiss and make up at her funeral. The key is to let go of the fantasy mom and embrace the flesh-and-blood woman, with all her flaws., Iris Krasnow-mother, daughter, and bestselling journalist-tackles the toughest relationship in the lives of many grown women: the mother-daughter bond. With women's life expectancy inching up past 80, you may be embroiled with your mother well past the time your own hair turns white. The good news: Living longer means more time to make peace-and this book shows you how. Drawing on her own experience with her colourful 85-year-old mother and the collective wisdom of more than 100 other adult daughters, Krasnow offers a fresh perspective on how to overcome the anger, guilt, and resentment that can destroy a family. The time to repair the bond is now, she reminds us: You can't kiss and make up at her funeral. The key is to let go of the fantasy mom and embrace the flesh-and-blood woman, with all her flaws.